Method and system for harvesting and ensilage of feed material

• US 20130177670A1
• Filed: 11/06/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Original Assignee: Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH (CLAAS KGaA mbH)
• Inventors: Steckel, Thilo, Hugenroth, Ludger, Grothaus, Hans-Peter, Schaeperkoetter, Christian, Smolnik, Ivan, Reinecke, Max, Rusch, Christian, Stricker, Christiane
• Granted Patent: US 8,924,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/54
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 43/085 Control or measuring arrangements specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 93/00 Harvesting apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 25/183 Loading arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 30/10 of green fodder

Abstract

Plant material for ensilage is harvested using at least one harvesting vehicle in the field, is hauled to a silo and is compressed using a compression device. The compression output of the compression device is compared to the harvesting output of the at least one harvesting vehicle, and a command to increase the harvesting output or to decrease the harvesting output of the harvesting vehicle (1) to a non-vanishing value is generated when the harvesting output deviates significantly from the compression output.

Claims

11. The method according to claim I, wherein in order to be hauled to the silo (7), the plant material is transferred from the at east ore harvesting vehicle (1) to at least one hauling vehicle (3), including steps of:

estimating a hauling output;

comparing the compression output of the compression device to the hauling output; and

adapting the hauling output if the hauling output is determined to deviate from the compression output.

13-1. A computer program product comprising program code means embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium when processed by a computer or a fieldwork computer (12) of a compression vehicle (10), implements the method according to claim 1.

14. A harvesting vehicle (1) comprising a communication interface (13) for receiving a command to reduce or increase a harvesting output and a control processor (12) for controlling the engine or a display instrument (16) on the basis of the command.